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A setting of TIE does different things for the CV/Gate output and over MIDI:
CV/Gate output: the note that follows a TIE will change the control voltage but
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will not send a new gate signal to the attached device.
MIDI output: the Note Off command for the first note happens after the Note On
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command for the second note. This allows for "legato" playing on a monophonic
synthesizer.
A setting of SLIDE (SLI) is similar to TIE over MIDI, but has a different behavior in CV:
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The note that follows a SLIDE will change the control voltage in a continuous way,
with a slide time of approximately 60ms regardless of the tempo. This allows for
the usual Slide effect that was found on vintage bass sequencers, for instance.
By default the Gate Time is set to 50% for each event.
4.3.3 Scales
4.3.3.1 What the Scales do
The BeatStep Pro front panel gives you the ability to assign one of eight input Scales to
the encoders as a group. Think of a Scale as a sort of 'filter' that will help you use the
encoders to select the notes you want more quickly.
What a Scale doesn't do is change the MIDI notes that have already been assigned to
the sequence steps: the encoders do that.
What a Scale does is give the encoders a specific outline of notes to follow as they are
turned. So rather than always altering the pitch chromatically, you have the option to
specify a different musical scale. This is handy when you want to change the pitch of one
or more sequence steps during a live performance: select the Scale that matches the
song and no matter what, you'll never select a wrong note. Of course this would be
handy in the studio as well.
And you can always switch to a different Scale if you want to input a note that is outside
the Scale you've selected. Doing so will not affect the notes you have already chosen.
4.3.3.2 Scale Types
Here's what each of the Scales looks like. Keep in mind that the last note pictured in
each scale type is actually the first note of the next octave:
There are twelve notes in t chromatic scale: that's the largest number a Scale can have.
It's like a musical 'bypass' setting: all notes are available when the encoder is turned.
Now the 'filters' will start to kick in. There are only eight notes in most of these Scales:
Major
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Chromatic
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Minor
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